LAKELAND, Fla. (WFLA) — Troopers stopped and arrested a suspected drunk driver who they said was going the wrong-way on State Road 570 early Wednesday morning with a 7-year-old in the backseat.
The Florida Highway Patrol said a call came in just after midnight regarding a driver who was traveling eastbound in the westbound lanes of State Road 570, also known as the Polk Parkway.
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An officer with the Lakeland Police Department had spotted the vehicle and was following the driver, later identified as Natalia Gorecki, 25, according to an arrest report.
Troopers caught up with them and tried to stop the wrong-way driver but said she continued traveling east in the westbound lanes, going about 60 mph, even after “almost going head-on” with a patrol car…